Much research has been devoted to identify the conditions under which selection favours
flexible individuals or genotypes that are able to modify their growth, development and …

Summary 1 The role of phenotypic plasticity in evolution has historically been a contentious
issue because of debate over whether plasticity shields genotypes from selection or …

Selection and plasticity are two mechanisms that allow the adaptation of a population to a
changing environment. Interaction between these nonexclusive mechanisms must be …

In the past decade, there has been a resurgent interest in whether and how phenotypic
plasticity might impact evolutionary processes. Of fundamental importance is how the …

For more than two decades the concept of phenotypic plasticity has allowed researchers to
go beyond the nature-nurture dichotomy to gain deeper insights into how organisms are …

Phenotypic plasticity–the ability of an individual organism to alter its features in direct
response to a change in its environment–is ubiquitous. Understanding how and why this …

Phenotypic plasticity (the ability of a single genotype to produce multiple phenotypes in
response to variation in the environment) is commonplace. Yet its evolutionary significance …

Organisms are faced with variable environments and one of the most common solutions to
cope with such variability is phenotypic plasticity, a modification of the phenotype to the …

The study of phenotypic plasticity has progressed significantly over the past few decades.
We have moved from variation for plasticity being considered as a nuisance in evolutionary …

Phenotypic plasticity is widespread in nature, and often involves ecologically relevant
behavioral, physiological, morphological and life-historical traits. As a result, plasticity alters …